Chalk holder



' n L. L. s. BASHORE.

CHALK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 15. 1921.

l ,427, 7 1 2. 7 Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

i rt'ihlhii QFWC...

LOUIS L. S. BASHORE, OF IVIEARINE CKTY, MECHIGAN.

CHALK i-ronnnn.

7 Application filed. November To all '20 7mm it may concern Be it known that 1, Louis L, 9. Bastions, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marine City, in the county of St. Clair and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Chalk Holder, of which the followin is a specification.

his invention relates to a chalk holder designed primarily for use by pool and billiard players.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide means for holding ordinary cube chalk said holding means being connected by a flexible element to a spring controlled reel whereby the holder with the chalk therein will be normally supported in a predetermined position but can be carried to any convenient point without attaching the flexible connection.

A further object is to provide a structure of this character which will automatically return the chalk to its initial position when released by the player.

A still further object is to provide a structure which is simple, durable and compact.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinatter described and claimed, it being understood that, withinthe scope of What is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings- I Figure 1 is a front elevation of a chalk holder.

Figure 2 is a its housing.

Figure 3 is a section through the chalk and the parts housing the same.

Figure 4 is a detail View of a modified form of hanger for the holder.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a reel having in tegral trunnions 2 extending from the centers of the sides thereof, there being annular flanges 3 providing a space therebetween in which a cord 4- can be wound. Une end or" this cord is adapted to be extended through and suitably secured within an opening 5 formed in the reel while the other section through the reel and Specification. of Letters Patent. 15 95.; if

Serial No. 515,351.

end of the cord is adapted to be extended through an opening {3 formed within a ring '1" which constitutes part oi the housing of the reel. The flanges 3 are d signed to work close to in contact w i this ring and screwed into each end oi the ring is a l sk 8 having an outwardly extending annular flange 9 r; ioh is exterior-1y screw threaded. The trunnions 53 extend through. these disks and are seated at their outer ends within the centers of ew caps 10 which are screwed onto the projecting portions 01? the flanges 3 and are adapted to abut against the edges ot the ring 7 thus to form a complete housing for thc reel. (oiled springs ll. a disks 8 and the respective caps 10 andone end of each spring is fastened to the adjacent trunnion 2 by means of a screw 12 or in any other suitable manner while the other end of the spring is suitably secured, as by means of a screw 13, to the flange 9 surrounding the spring. Thus it will be seen that when the cord 4 is unwound from the reel by pulling the cord through the open ing 6, the reel will be rotated against the action or the springs. When the cord released the springs will rewind it on the reel and this v-iinding action will be limited by a stop is which can'be in the form or" a rubber ball secured to the cord near its free end. I

T ie free end of the cord 4 is secured within the closed end of a holding cup 15 shown in Figure This cup is interiorly screw threaded and is designed to receive an ex teriorly screw threaded. socket member 16 in which a cake of chalk indicated at 17 is seated. This socket member has an opening 1.8 therein through which the chalk is eX- posedand large enough to receive the end of a cue.

cnted i922.

re mounted between the For the purpose of attaching the structrue to a table a bracket 19 is provided and to this bracket is secured a yoke 20 which straddles the housing of the reel and is secured to the respectire caps 10 by means of screws 21 or in any other preferred manner. If the device is to he suspended from the :eiling it is preferred to use a bracket such as shown at in Figure 4n, the yoke 23, which corresponds with the yoke 20, being spaced from the bracket by a washer 24 and being swiveled on the bracket, the con nection between the parts being effected through a coupling pin or bolt 25.

lt i to be understood that when the chalk to e used the cup can'be grasped in the hand and the cord 42 unwound to permit the cup to be brought to an conveninetposition. The tip of the cue is inserted into the opening 18 so as to engage the chalk and when the cup 15 is released the tensioned springs 11 will promptly rewind the cord until the cushioning stop ll comes against the ring 7 as shown in Figure 1.

It. will be understood that the chalk can be renewed readily and by'providing a strucsueh as descril d the chalk can be lo- (ct -"l easily and will not be wasted or lost.

hat is claimed iszit device of the ch reel, a rin s described includscrew caps engaging the flanges on the disks, trunnions extending orn the reel and journaled within the disks and cais, springs housed between the disks and raps and se cured to the trunnions and flanged disks at their respective ends, a chalk holding de vice, and a flexible connection between said device and the reel, there being an opening within the ring in which said flexible connection is slidably mounted.

2. In a device of the class described a ring, flanged disks closing the ends of the ring, screw caps engaging the flanges on the disks, :1 reel interposed between the disks, trunnions extending therefrom and journaled within the disks and: caps, coiled springs housed between the disks and their caps, each spring being secured at one end to a trunnion and at its other end to a flanged disk, a chalk holding device, and a lle ihle connection between said device and the reel and movable through an opening in the ring, said connect-ion being normally wound upon the reel by the springs.

3. A; device of the class described including a ring, a reel therein, flanged disks removablv mounted in the ends of the ring'and cooperating therewith to house the reel, screw caps engaging the flanges on the disks trunnions extending from the reel, coiled 1 s secured to the trunnions and to the s on the disks for controlling the ro- LlOn of the reel, a chalk holding device,

a flexible connection between said device and the reel extending through an opening inthe ring,

flexible connection between said device and. the reel extending through an openingvin thering, a yoke secured to the caps and an attaching bracket secured to the yoke.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed-my signature in the presence of two wltnesses.

I LOUIS BASHORE. Ylitnesses HALE SAFE, M. A. SAFE. 

